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My data was represented graphically. I calculated the mean of the total number of Allium cernuum samples obtained from the three sites per quadrats, computed the mean and represented it graphically. I think it was best to represent the data in this manner because it will permit a statistical test to be performed which in this case was an ordinary one-way ANOVA test due to the fact that the analysis was being performed across three different data sets. This test will aid in showing the significant differences in terms of the total abundance of the plant relative to the site farthest from the industrial site. I also chose to represent the data in tabular form. In this case, I calculated the density and frequencies of the Allium cernuum plant in each site and represented the values in the table. The density gives a measure of the species abundance while the frequency denotes how often the plant is frequently recorded in a quadrat.
